Cold weather starting problem
If anyone else has a problem like this. I have a 97 Ram 1500 w\3.9 six cylinder. The symptoms were just like in the old days when the choke quit working. Exremely long crank time, starts but dies right away, no power when cold runs real bad spitting and sputtering, symptoms worse as it gets colder - better when it warms up, eventually warms up and then it runs well \ normal. Before you do anything else at least check the water temperature sensor, a two wire sensor located behind and on the drivers side of the thermostat Don't confuse this with the water temperature sensor that runs the temp guage, it only has one wire. This only a 12 dollar part that tells the computer what the temp is and when its bad the computer will not choke causing hard cold weather starting. Just FYI